Coastal Smart Growth Home: Principles Compared
Smart Growth Principles Compared
The following table includes the Smart Growth Principles and the corresponding Smart Growth Coastal and Waterfront Elements:
| Smart Growth Principles | Smart Growth Coastal and Waterfront Elements |
|---|---|
1. Mix land uses |
1. Mix land uses, including water-dependent uses |
2. Take advantage of compact building design |
2. Take advantage of compact community design that enhances, preserves, and provides access to waterfront resources |
3. Create a range of housing opportunities and choices |
3. Provide a range of housing opportunities and choices to meet the needs of both seasonal and permanent residents |
4. Create walkable communities |
4. Create walkable communities with physical and visual access to and along the waterfront for public use |
5. Foster distinctive, attractive communities with a strong sense of place |
5. Foster distinctive, attractive communities with a strong sense of place that capitalizes on the waterfront's heritage |
6. Preserve open space, farmland, natural beauty, and critical environmental areas |
6. Preserve open space, farmland, natural beauty, and the critical environmental areas that characterize and support coastal and waterfront communities |
7. Strengthen and direct development toward existing communities |
7. Strengthen and direct development toward existing communities, and encourage waterfront revitalization |
8. Provide a variety of transportation options |
8. Provide a variety of land- and water-based transportation options |
9. Make development decisions predictable, fair, and cost effective |
9. Make development decisions predictable, fair, and cost effective through consistent policies and coordinated permitting processes |
10. Encourage community and stakeholder collaboration in development decisions |
10. Encourage community and stakeholder collaboration in development decisions, ensuring that public interests in and rights of access to the waterfront and coastal waters are upheld |
